Franklin Gorin (1798 - 1877)

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Died 8 Dec 1877 at age 79 in Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Franklin was born in 1798. He passed away in 1877.

Research Notes

From FindAGrave: "US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving in 1874. He was the first child born in Barren County, Kentucky, and once owned the Mammoth Cave." 1838 Charles F. Harvey is lost in the cave for 39 hours. Gorin’s Dome discovered. Stephen Bishop crosses Bottomless Pit.

Franklin Gorin and A.A. Harvey purchase Mammoth Cave and 1,600 acres from Hyman and Simon Gratz. Gorin enlarges and improves the Mammoth Cave Inn, and hires Archibald Miller, Jr. as manager.

Stephen Bishop, an enslaved man who will later be known as “the Sable Genius”, becomes a cave guide.

1839 Franklin Gorin sells cave and 1,610 acres to Dr. John Croghan.^[1]

Spouses

1. Louisa Frances Underwood Gorin 1802–1841
2. Frances Cuthbert Guillod Gorin 1810–1851
3. Deborah Putnam Campbell Gorin 1820–1900

Children

1. Maria Louisa Gorin Procter Bell 1820–1865
2. Eliza Frances Gorin 1823–1833
3. Malvina Underwood Gorin Wintersmith 1827–1876
4. Franklin Gorin 1830–1866
5. Underwood Gorin 1832–1867
6. Alice Ann Guillod Gorin Taylor 1845–1924
7. Louisa Frances Gorin 1850–1854
8. Campbell Gorin 1853–1854
9. Henry Campbell Gorin 1854–1923
10. Annie Weisiger Gorin 1857–1939

Slaves

• Stephen Bishop
• Nick Bransford 1828-1895 and Materson Bransford 1815-1885 (Owned by Thomas Bard Bransford 1767-1853 , leased to Frank Gorin to work with Bishop at Mammoth Cave in 1838.^[2]

1850 Slave Schedule, Barren County, Kentucky: Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

1. UNKNOWN Female 42
2. UNKNOWN Male 23
3. UNKNOWN Female 18
4. UNKNOWN Female 9
5. UNKNOWN Female 2

1860 Jefferson, Kentucky: Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Frank Gorin

1. UNKNOWN Male 40
2. UNKNOWN Female 30
3. UNKNOWN Female 16
4. UNKNOWN Female 5
5. UNKNOWN Female 2

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/maca/learn/historyculture/timeline.htm
2. ↑ Nick and Matt [or Mat] Bransford and Stephen Bishop were slaves who served as guides at Mammoth Cave; Matt was a guide for 49 years, beginning in 1838. He was the son of Thomas Bransford and a slave woman

• "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HR7N-5V3Z : 15 February 2020), Franklin Gorin in entry for MM9.1.1/MVC1-QH6:, 1850.
• "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKKP-XGT2 : 16 October 2019), Frank Gorin, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG7-Q2L : accessed 12 May 2021), Franklin Gorin, Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 33, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 17; FHL microfilm 186,177.
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTG-6XZ : 2 March 2021), Franklin Gorin, Barren, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 157, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/7181990/franklin-gorin : accessed 12 May 2021), memorial page for Franklin Gorin (3 May 1798–8 Dec 1877), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #7181990, citing Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
• https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1048&context=traces_bcgsn
• https://www.thefactspaper.com